By Victor Block In the mid-1800s, people traveling through a desert landscape in present-day California stopped at an oasis to rest and refill their canteens. Soon afterward, a way station along a ...

Where: Gelato Granucci at 301 N. Palm Canyon Drive Unit 104, Palm Springs; La Dolce Piccola Gelateria at 73-255 El Paseo Suite 20, Palm Desert; Handel's at its various locations throughout the ...

Some of the most popular hotels in the area — the Ace Hotel and Saguaro in Palm Springs, JW Marriott in Palm Desert, Omni Rancho Las Palmas and Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort & Spa in Rancho ...